Bogong Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Bogong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 52 | 1:888,075 | 32,885 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Bogong (3,285) may also be a first name.
Bogong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bogong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bogong occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bogong.
How Common Is The Last Name Bogong? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bogong is the 2,414,640th most common surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Bogong live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Bogong is also the 124,855th most commonly occurring forename internationally, held by 3,285 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 888,075. In Kenya Bogong is primarily concentrated in: Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 98 percent reside and Baringo County, where 2 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bogong
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